Salsa Dance Music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stylistic origins: Primarily Cuban son, mambo, rumba and Puerto Rican music
Cultural origins: 1960s and 70s New York City Latin melting pot
Typical instruments: piano, conga, trumpet, trombone, bass guitar, claves, cowbell, timbales, guitar
Mainstream popularity: Very popular in Latin America, and moderate in the United States
Subgenres: Salsa erótica - Salsa gorda - Salsa romántica
Fusion genres: Charanga-vallenata - Mereng-house - Salsa-merengue - Songo-salsa - rock-salsa - Salsaton
Regional scenes: Cuba - Japan - Mexico - Panama - Puerto Rico - United States - Venezuela
Salsa music is a diverse and predominantly Spanish Caribbean genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos abroad. Salsa incorporates multiple styles and variations; the term can be used to describe most any form of popular Cuban-derived genre, such as chachachá and mambo.
Most specifically, however, salsa refers to a particular style developed in the 1960s and '70s by Cuban and Puerto Rican immigrants to the New York City area, and stylistic descendants like 1980s salsa romantica. The style is now practiced throughout Latin America, and abroad. Salsa's closest relatives are Cuban mambo and the son orchestras of the early 20th century, as well as Latin jazz.
The terms Latin jazz and salsa are sometimes used interchangeably; many musicians are considered a part of either, or both, fields, especially performers from prior to the 1970s.
Salsa is essentially Cuban in stylistic origin, though it is also a hybrid of Puerto Rican and other Latin styles mixed with pop, jazz, rock, and R&B. Salsa is the primary music played at Latin dance clubs and is the "essential pulse of Latin music", according Ed Morales, while music author Peter Manuel called it the "most popular dance (music) among Puerto Rican and Cuban communities, (and in) Central and South America", and "one of the most dynamic and significant pan-American musical phenomena of the 1970s and 1980s". Modern salsa remains a dance-oriented genre and is closely associated with a style of salsa dancing.
Friday, 16 May 2008
Thursday, 15 May 2008
Ballroom Dancing Sheet Music
Free Piano Sheet MusicBy Kent Pinkerton
Music lovers and pianists usually search for reliable sources of piano sheet music. Amateurs typically have a constraint in terms of financial resources and prefer to look for free options. There are many websites available on the Internet that offer free piano sheet music.
One of the many prominent free piano sheet music sites is www.sheetmusicplus.com. Sheet music is available on the Internet in a number of formats. The most common formats used to present sheet music are Postscript, GIF or graphics interchange format, adobe acrobat and finale. For music lovers that need a music score urgently, these websites are quite helpful. They have piano sheet listings for different music genres that make the task of finding a specific music sheet rather easy.
Free piano sheet music is rare to find, as most websites that provide piano sheet music require site visitors to acquire a membership by paying a fee. Free piano music downloads from sites such, as www.musicnotes.com are very few in number. Indeed, even such sites offer only limited pieces of music for free. The entire music scores on the site cannot be downloaded for free.
Another free piano sheet music website on the Internet is http://www.pitt.edu/~deben/freebies.html. This website has free piano sheet music made available to all age groups. It also provides music lessons with piano scores, which can be downloaded for free. This is helpful for those who are complete novices when it comes to playing music on the piano.
On the Internet, free piano sheet music can be found for many different music styles such as classics, rock and roll, country, pop, rock, oldies music from the 1930's to the 1960's and spirituals. It is essential for music enthusiasts looking for piano music sheets to identify their requirements in terms of the type of music and search for them extensively on various sites.
Piano provides detailed information on Piano, Free Piano Sheet Music, Piano Lessons, Grand Pianos and more. Piano is affiliated with Cheap Electric Guitars.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Kent_Pinkerton
Music lovers and pianists usually search for reliable sources of piano sheet music. Amateurs typically have a constraint in terms of financial resources and prefer to look for free options. There are many websites available on the Internet that offer free piano sheet music.
One of the many prominent free piano sheet music sites is www.sheetmusicplus.com. Sheet music is available on the Internet in a number of formats. The most common formats used to present sheet music are Postscript, GIF or graphics interchange format, adobe acrobat and finale. For music lovers that need a music score urgently, these websites are quite helpful. They have piano sheet listings for different music genres that make the task of finding a specific music sheet rather easy.
Free piano sheet music is rare to find, as most websites that provide piano sheet music require site visitors to acquire a membership by paying a fee. Free piano music downloads from sites such, as www.musicnotes.com are very few in number. Indeed, even such sites offer only limited pieces of music for free. The entire music scores on the site cannot be downloaded for free.
Another free piano sheet music website on the Internet is http://www.pitt.edu/~deben/freebies.html. This website has free piano sheet music made available to all age groups. It also provides music lessons with piano scores, which can be downloaded for free. This is helpful for those who are complete novices when it comes to playing music on the piano.
On the Internet, free piano sheet music can be found for many different music styles such as classics, rock and roll, country, pop, rock, oldies music from the 1930's to the 1960's and spirituals. It is essential for music enthusiasts looking for piano music sheets to identify their requirements in terms of the type of music and search for them extensively on various sites.
Piano provides detailed information on Piano, Free Piano Sheet Music, Piano Lessons, Grand Pianos and more. Piano is affiliated with Cheap Electric Guitars.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Kent_Pinkerton
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Ballroom Dance Music
Hello
Ballroom Dance Music is a key aspect to dancing, whether you are a bginner or an expert, the right choice of ballroom dance music is key to your success.
Over the coming weeks I am planning a series of post to identify the best music for each of the various ballroom dances.
Be sure to check back reguarly to see if you agree with my choices and reasons and to add your own ideas.
See you again soon
Mary
Ballroom Dance Music is a key aspect to dancing, whether you are a bginner or an expert, the right choice of ballroom dance music is key to your success.
Over the coming weeks I am planning a series of post to identify the best music for each of the various ballroom dances.
Be sure to check back reguarly to see if you agree with my choices and reasons and to add your own ideas.
See you again soon
Mary
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